Each at its Own Pace: Third-Party Dependency and Centralization Around the World

Rashna Kumar, Sana Asif, Elise Lee, Fabián E. Bustamante

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Abstract

We describe the results of a large-scale study of third-party dependencies around the world based on regional top-500 popular websites accessed from vantage points in 50 countries, together covering all inhabited continents. This broad perspective shows that dependencies on a third-party DNS, CDN or CA provider vary widely around the world. The critical dependencies of websites-where the site depends on a single third-party provider-are equally spread. Even more concerning, these differences persist a year later with increasing dependencies, particularly for DNS and CDNs. We briefly explore various factors that may help explain the differences and similarities in degrees of third-party dependency across countries, including economic conditions, Internet development, economic trading partners, categories, home countries, and traffic skewness of the country's top-500 sites.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSIGMETRICS 2023 - Abstract Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGMETRICS International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages43-44
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798400700743
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 19 2023
Event2023 ACM SIGMETRICS International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, SIGMETRICS 2023 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Jun 19 2023Jun 23 2023

Publication series

NameSIGMETRICS 2023 - Abstract Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGMETRICS International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems

Conference

Conference2023 ACM SIGMETRICS International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, SIGMETRICS 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period6/19/236/23/23

Keywords

  • ca
  • cdn
  • centralization
  • dns
  • third-party dependency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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